The DNA of Change: How To Evolve Professionally, Naturally

Who's to say we’ve got to follow “the rules” all of the time?
Life is an adventure and every generation is a deviation from the “norm”. When
keeping it fresh, think about releasing your inner rebel - even if it makes yourself uncomfortable.

We’re all growing and taking paths that are right for us.
Sometimes, though, we think we know what’s right for us all of the time even to the point of uncomfortable comfort. Have
you ever heard someone say, “I know what’s right for me and there’s no way that
I could do anything else differently,”? I have: myself.

Have you ever tried something totally new - something totally
NOT you and realized, “This is so
me!”? Since we’re in a constant state of change (just ask every cell in your
body) who knows what new habit or belief could suit us next?

We allow ourselves to get stuck in ruts - even when they hold
us back from success - just because we assume
what’s right for us. I’m very weary of people’s well-meaning, but misguided
advice that discourages people to challenge who they perceive themselves to be
simply because it’s not within their “values”. What a minute. What are our
values then? Values are (and should be changeable). Examine why you’re so stuck
on your concrete values and then you see better as to why you’re feeling stuck
in your career.

Being flexible in our core beliefs and values is the first step
towards keeping it fresh. Ideas get old and paradigms shift and as an
evolutionary consequence, our behaviors and choices do, too. Ask yourself:

1, What am I forcing myself to believe that's keeping me from
evolving?

2. What if I challenged and maybe changed or even abandoned
this belief about myself and/or the world? How would I act differently if this
belief simply didn’t matter anymore?

The final question remains:
How well do we know ourselves?

If we literally have a different body as our cells
regenerate/replicate themselves and evolve - it’s in our DNA to change - then couldn’t it be totally plausible
that our tastes, beliefs, and thoughts could evolve, dare I say, upgrade, along with it?

Our bodies literally work to keep itself fresh (even if we
conspire against our health). Then why can’t our tastes and pleasures - and,
ultimately, our definition of who we are and what we are capable of doing? Like
trying and falling in love with a passion for the first time and as technology
evolves with it, so do we find ourselves enjoying it in all new ways. However,
the capacity to do so doesn’t lie within these external conditions, it’s our
own personal imagination that says it’s ok to fall in love with our careers
like the first time but for the thousandth time in a different way.